Commercial

23% growth in Shawbrook loan book

Shawbrook Group has issued its trading update for the three months ended 30 September...

Catalyst appoints intermediary relationship manager

Catalyst has appointed Ciaran Courtney as a new intermediary relationship manager. Courtney joins the specialist...

HH Business Finance reports over 200% growth

HH Business Finance (HHBF) has reported strong growth in 2022 through its range of...

Assetz Capital appoints development specialist

Assetz Capital has appointed Sinead Moynihan as relationship director. In her new role, Moynihan...

Castle Trust Bank joins NACFB

Castle Trust Bank has joined the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) as...

HTB appoints head of portfolio management

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of John Archbold as head of...

Time Finance opens new office in Reading

Time Finance has unveiled its new office in Reading in a move to bolster...

Reward makes key hires in the Midlands and South East

Reward Finance Group has supported its growth plans in the Midlands, London and the...

Recognise Bank supports automotive business with £555k commercial mortgage

Recognise Bank has agreed a £555,000 commercial mortgage to help an automotive business purchase...

CapitalRise reaches originations milestone

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has originated more than £200m in loans, funding developments...

HTB recruits development finance lending directors

Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB) has announced the appointment of Rob Syrett and Jason Wilmot...

Mint Property Finance appoints pair of development portfolio managers

Mint Property Finance has expanded its team with the appointment of Ian Jones and...

Time Finance introduces new ABL offering

Time Finance has launched its new asset-based lending (ABL) solution. Its ABL offering enables businesses...

Hampshire Trust Bank joins ASTL

Hampshire Trust Bank has become the latest member to join the Association of Short-Term...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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Gen H expands into Scotland with affordability-led income booster

Residential mortgage lender Gen H has launched in Scotland, extending its lending proposition north...

Landlord optimism rises as confidence returns to the private rented sector

New research suggests sentiment among landlords has improved sharply over the past year, despite...

Mortgage Brain continues hub rollout with Mortgage Force and Affinity onboarding

Mortgage Brain has completed the onboarding of Mortgage Force and Affinity Group onto its...

Together expands intermediary sales team with two senior appointments

Together has strengthened its intermediary division with the appointment of two experienced industry figures,...

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